What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Wang Anshi once wrote in the poem "Wujiang Pavilion": "Although the disciples of Jiangdong are here today, they are willing to come back for the king." "As the saying goes, a mountain does not allow two tigers, and the most famous battle between the two armies in history is the Chu and Han dynasties after the qin annihilation." On the one hand is Xiang Yu, who is strong and strong, and on the other side is Liu Bang, who is good at maneuvering. Several years of spring and autumn contradictions have finally allowed the Han Dynasty to seize the world. Although the Western Chu Overlord was a highly controversial figure, this failure was too regrettable.
Since the establishment of the King of Chu Huai in 208 BC, the contest between Chu and Han has already begun. Under the call of "the first to enter the pass is king", the attraction of mastering the world has exceeded everything. Xiang Yu was a real famous general, born in 232 BC after shogun, and his opponents could fight in every confrontation.
On the contrary, Liu Bang, who was born in 256 BC, was a man of the city through and through. He climbed up from the bottom of society, and he didn't know Xiang Yu's old-fashioned way at all. This difference in fundamental concepts directly led to the fact that even if the Chu army was strong, it could never hurt the foundation of the Han army. During this time, the only best opportunity for the Western Chu Overlord to destroy this opponent was the famous "Hongmen Feast".
In 207 BC, Liu Bang, with the assistance of the strategist Zhang Liang, successfully preemptively entered the throne, was demoted to the throne, and announced the end of the Qin Dynasty. For such a result, Xiang Yu, who had just fought a fierce battle with the main force of the Qin Army, was suddenly furious. The fruit of success was stolen, which directly made him eager to fight with it immediately.
However, at this time, Zuo Sima Cao from the Han army came without any injury and revealed to the King of Chu that Liu Bang was preparing to claim the throne in Xianyang. This news was like adding fuel to the fire, which directly ignited his anger, and he was ready to declare war directly. According to the "Records of History", the Chu army had a total of 400,000 people, which was about four times the strength of the Han army, which was undoubtedly a signal of extreme crisis.
But what Xiang Yu did not expect was that his uncle and Zhang Liang actually had a lifelong friendship. After informing each other of the information, with the wisdom of the great strategists, the King of Chu, who had already gathered a large army, was actually persuaded by Xiang Bo to use the way of "righteousness" and turned to a banquet. Soon, Liu Bang and his party of 6 people and more than 100 escorts rushed to the outskirts of Xianyang to go to the Hongmen Feast.
As early as the first time he dealt with Liu Bang, Fan Zeng and others had already suggested that Xiang Yu get rid of him many times. And this banquet was the best opportunity, especially since he was now in the climate. However, at the banquet, the King of Han showed an absolute cowardly posture, and although he arranged such an assassination as the "Xiangzhuang Dancing Sword", he had no choice but to stop under the fierce general Fan Duo, who appeared halfway.
Inside there were Fan Duo and Zhang Liang sitting with him, and outside there were Xiahou Baby, Ji Xin and others on standby, and the opportunity to get rid of Pei Gong had slipped away little by little. However, although Fan Zeng was too anxious to do so, Xiang Yu, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at Liu Bang's frightened look and never gave the order to act. In the psychology of King Chu Bawang, why did such a cowardly and timid person compete with him for the world? This is perhaps the biggest difference between the famous and the bottom.
In the end, Liu Bang used Fan Huan's cover to use the toilet as an excuse to escape under the protection of 4 guards. And the person who stayed behind the palace at the end was the real key Zhang Liang. First of all, he used clever words to make excuses for Pei Gong's departure, and offered Yu Bi as an indemnity. After that, in the presence of Xiang Bo and Xiang Yu's heavy-handed personality, he left calmly and calmly without chopping. This deliberate killing game of Fan Zeng was invisibly broken.
After this, Liu Bang became stronger and stronger with the assistance of Zhang Liang and others, while Xiang Yu slowly lost the hearts of the people. In the subsequent Chu-Han war, although the Chu army was strong in battle, it had no advantage in the endless strategies of the Han army. In 202 BC, under the embattled tactics of Han Xin, the Western Chu overlords were defeated and did not want to escape and kill themselves. The success or failure of a great cause is often determined in a small detail.